The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-01

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has closed. The net proceeds will foot mp to
$1,000.
The new safe for the use of the County
missioners is expected to arrive on
Monday. IL weighs 1000 pounds.
The receipts of taxes by County Treas
urer Moore have been heavy of late An
average of $1,000 day was received last
week and An average of $l500 this week.
! Prayer meetings were held nightly this
week in the NJ. L. church of this town.
The regular revival services will be COM
menced on Sunday evening next.
Charles w. Wilson, Rising Suns promi-
nent contractor, is now engaged in super
vlsing gang of workmen who are reno
waiting the old Peuna. depot at 3lst and
Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
John Wolf, of Chesapeake City, the
manager of the freight for the Ericsson
Company at that place had the misfortune
recently to be thrown from his cart and had
one of his legs broken.
The funeral services of the late George
lamar will be held in the Cherry Hill M.
L church on Sunday afternoon at2 o'clock.
The members Of the order of Red Men of
which he was a member, are requested to
meet at their lodge room at l L. M, on
that day.
The new insane asylum has been COM
pletsd according to the contract The COM
mission having in charge the work exam
ned the building on Thursday and found it
satisfactory in every particular. The
Messrs. Await of Carroll county were tho
contractors.
POSTMASTER Gilpin on Thursday moved
the postotfice from the room in The WING
building where it had been for number of
years TO the small frame building on North
street two doors above its old location The
business office of The WING will be moved
front just soon as it can be fitted up.
| DIR. George E. Morrow Elkton's skilled
dentist, on Monday removed from the room
in the Hollow, which he has occupied since
coming here, into the rooms formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Thomas c. Crouch as a shoe
store. The painter and papeI-hanger have
made the Doctors new quarters attractive.
notwithstanding the fact that Sheriff
MackeJ regards the present seventeen in
mates of the Jail as the hardest crowd he
| has had in custody during his term, they
were treated to tirst-class Christmas din
ner. Jim Andrews who has eaten about six
teen Christmas dinners in Jail praised the
one of last Saturday in high terms.
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r. L. Russell Of tile dry goods Bee Hire,
Wilmington, De! says he is going to make
a change in the firm Feb. 1st and Is Obliged
to reduce his stock to the smallest amount
possible to accomplish that end. ,niU hold
a gigantic marked doun sale during jan
uary and ott, the people inducements they
cannot resist.
| The County Commissioners, in special
session on Tuesday, heard the railroad COM
pany's reasons for not placing tiagman at
the bone mill crossing on the public road
from Perryville to Port Deposit and decided
to visit the grounds themselves On Tuesday
next. 1t is prob able that changes will be
made in the location of the public road, 50
a. to avoid several railroad eros sings.
The Philadelphia Press of Sunday pub
liShen extracts from the dairy of Andrew
Elliott the grandfather of Joseph c. Ken
needy of Washington, d c., and friend of
Ben amin Franklin In his journey from
Baltimore to Philadelphia in III he writes
of stopping at the inu at Head of Elk, which
is the name by which this place WAS known
in revolutionary days.
| Mr. Edward HArdcastle, a teacher In
the High school AT E aston, Md, visitei his
friend Mr.. George A. Steel, principal of the
Elkton public school, this week. These
two young pedagognes attended st. Johns
| College together. Mr.. Hardcastle is mem
Der Of the E ,stsn Amateur Dramatic As
ISOLATION, and witnessed the performance of
our dramatic association on Thursday night.
If you think of purchasing clothing,
don't fail to &c TO Wilmington and see the
bargains which Mullin & Son, 9th and Mar
ket streets, are offering. They have marked
prices on single suits and overcoats away
down, in some cases To almost one-half.
There is nothing the matter with the goods
as this house guarantees everything to he
satisfactory. Call and see them as you will
save money by so doing.
The Meeting called for Thursday night
At Shockley & Smiths office for the pur-
pose Of making move towards the pur-
! chase of steam fire engine for the town
was poorly attended, and an organization
was not effected. Another meeting has
been called for Monday night. The Friend
ship Fire Company Of Wilmington offer
! their engine at a low rate. Our citizens
will probably only awake to the Importance
/ of this matter when a large portion of the
| town Is i'll ashes.
| Our old friend ,muel Burns, the we'll
known auctioneer of days gone by, paid us
visit this wesk. Although 81 years Of age
| he had walked from his home TO n orth East
distance of nearly three miles early that
morning Mr.. Burns has taken THE WHO
from he first number issued to the present
| time, and renewed his subscription. He
is one OF tho best known men in the county,
having acted az auctioneer at sales innum-
| era BILE. He acted in his old capacity as late
as last spring.
How rapidly the rising generation of
| boys and girls is coming to the front, the
children Of yesterday becoming the young
men and women of today. There is sus-
picion OF New Year moralizing in the above
paragraph, but it was suggested bv the fact
that Miss May kessler formerly of Elkton
and who has many friends here still played
a banjo duett with Mr.. Beverly Smith at
an entertainment recently given in Balti-
more. May is bright child and now as q
miss recites beautifully and is besides tai
ented musician. Bless us how the children
grow.
A Law and Order League was organized
at Chesapeake City last week. Either this
organization or other persons set to work
right away to enforce the Prohibition law
not waiting for the amended law to 90 into
| effect On the 9th of December George
! Queck of that PLACE was tried before Magis-
trate Chrstield on charge of violating the
local option law. Five persons took oath
that they purchased intoxicating liquors of
the accused. Nineteen witnesses had been
summoned. Queck was declared guilty
and fined $50 and costs. Mr.. Queck took
An appeal to the higher court. On the day
before Christmas. Edward Realsy was ar
raigned before the same magistrate on the
same charge None of this witnesses testi-
flying that Mr.. Really sold Intoxicating